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It’s time to save America. Democracy by Assembly is the way. We're putting everyday people in charge through Citizen Assemblies. Join the movement for #DxA
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Great to see our friend Terry Bouricius make the case for sortition in Jacobin.
#sortition #democracy
jacobin.com/2025/12/sort...
#sortition #democracy
jacobin.com/2025/12/sort...
Sortition Can Help Cure What Ails Our Democracy
Americans are frustrated with our increasingly oligarchic political system. Selecting an assortment of lawmaking deliberative bodies through random lotteries could help fix it, by empowering ordinary ...
jacobin.com
December 15, 2025 at 3:56 PM
Great to see our friend Terry Bouricius make the case for sortition in Jacobin.
#sortition #democracy
jacobin.com/2025/12/sort...
#sortition #democracy
jacobin.com/2025/12/sort...
Our very own @nickcoccoma.bsky.social joined The Democratic Constitution Blog to ask a basic question: what is democracy? (Hint: It's not elections, parties, or parliament.)
#democracy #citizensassembly #sortition #constitution
assemblingamerica.substack.com/cp/173659014
#democracy #citizensassembly #sortition #constitution
assemblingamerica.substack.com/cp/173659014
What is Democracy?
Sortition is fundamental
assemblingamerica.substack.com
September 15, 2025 at 3:11 PM
Our very own @nickcoccoma.bsky.social joined The Democratic Constitution Blog to ask a basic question: what is democracy? (Hint: It's not elections, parties, or parliament.)
#democracy #citizensassembly #sortition #constitution
assemblingamerica.substack.com/cp/173659014
#democracy #citizensassembly #sortition #constitution
assemblingamerica.substack.com/cp/173659014
Stanford’s Jim Fishkin contrasts the ills of elections with the virtues of deliberative democracy:“In a healthy democracy, politics shouldn’t just be a contest of strength between parties — it should be a battle of ideas.”
#Democracy #Sortition
jacobin.com/2025/07/deli...
#Democracy #Sortition
jacobin.com/2025/07/deli...
Trust in the Demos Isn’t Naive — It’s Empirical
Democratic deliberation asks us to meet as moral equals, exchange reasons for our beliefs, consider evidence, and remain open to changing our minds. Evidence from real-world examples shows that it can...
jacobin.com
July 31, 2025 at 9:19 PM
Stanford’s Jim Fishkin contrasts the ills of elections with the virtues of deliberative democracy:“In a healthy democracy, politics shouldn’t just be a contest of strength between parties — it should be a battle of ideas.”
#Democracy #Sortition
jacobin.com/2025/07/deli...
#Democracy #Sortition
jacobin.com/2025/07/deli...
Our own @nickcoccoma.bsky.social appeared on the [Undetermined] States of America podcast recently to discuss all things sortition. Have listen to Part I.
#Democracy #Sortition #CitizensAssembly
www.undetermined.us/p/usa-ep-2-n...
#Democracy #Sortition #CitizensAssembly
www.undetermined.us/p/usa-ep-2-n...
[U]SA Ep. 2: Nick Coccoma from Assemble America (Part 1.)
I interview Nick Coccoma, founder and Executive Director of Assemble America
www.undetermined.us
July 31, 2025 at 3:28 PM
Our own @nickcoccoma.bsky.social appeared on the [Undetermined] States of America podcast recently to discuss all things sortition. Have listen to Part I.
#Democracy #Sortition #CitizensAssembly
www.undetermined.us/p/usa-ep-2-n...
#Democracy #Sortition #CitizensAssembly
www.undetermined.us/p/usa-ep-2-n...
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Gonna further wager that if you used lotteries to pick everyday people from around the world to populate the UN, and made them equals inside the chamber, they’d resolve most global conflicts peacefully. #Sortition #CitizensAssembly #DemocracyByAssembly #Democracy
June 22, 2025 at 7:43 PM
Gonna further wager that if you used lotteries to pick everyday people from around the world to populate the UN, and made them equals inside the chamber, they’d resolve most global conflicts peacefully. #Sortition #CitizensAssembly #DemocracyByAssembly #Democracy
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Gonna go out on a limb here: an assembly of everyday American citizens—picked by lottery, given the actual evidence and full range of options, and time to deliberate toward rough consensus—would not have decided to start a war with Iran. #Sortition #CitizensAssembly #DemocracyByAssembly #DxA
June 22, 2025 at 7:38 PM
Gonna go out on a limb here: an assembly of everyday American citizens—picked by lottery, given the actual evidence and full range of options, and time to deliberate toward rough consensus—would not have decided to start a war with Iran. #Sortition #CitizensAssembly #DemocracyByAssembly #DxA
Exactly why we need Citizens’ Assemblies on climate. France’s Climate Assembly (150 random citizens) recommended way more ambitious action than politicians ever would. When everyday people get real info without lobby pressure, they choose the planet over profits every time.
June 17, 2025 at 7:24 PM
Exactly why we need Citizens’ Assemblies on climate. France’s Climate Assembly (150 random citizens) recommended way more ambitious action than politicians ever would. When everyday people get real info without lobby pressure, they choose the planet over profits every time.
7/7 Same principle as Free Our Feeds: distribute power, prevent capture, serve the people. Time to assemble. #DemocracyByAssembly #DxA #PeoplesConvention #CitizensAssembly #FreeOurFeeds
June 17, 2025 at 6:58 PM
7/7 Same principle as Free Our Feeds: distribute power, prevent capture, serve the people. Time to assemble. #DemocracyByAssembly #DxA #PeoplesConvention #CitizensAssembly #FreeOurFeeds
6/7 We're building Democracy by Assembly toward a People's Constitutional Convention by 2030. Citizens - not politicians or billionaires - redesigning our democratic architecture.
June 17, 2025 at 6:58 PM
6/7 We're building Democracy by Assembly toward a People's Constitutional Convention by 2030. Citizens - not politicians or billionaires - redesigning our democratic architecture.
5/7 Ireland: Citizens solved abortion & marriage equality - issues politicians avoided for decades due to 'divisiveness.' Turns out regular people are less divided than politics suggests.
June 17, 2025 at 6:58 PM
5/7 Ireland: Citizens solved abortion & marriage equality - issues politicians avoided for decades due to 'divisiveness.' Turns out regular people are less divided than politics suggests.
4/7 France's Climate Assembly: 150 everyday citizens recommended carbon taxes, flight restrictions, renovation requirements - policies politicians called 'impossible' due to 'public resistance.'
June 17, 2025 at 6:58 PM
4/7 France's Climate Assembly: 150 everyday citizens recommended carbon taxes, flight restrictions, renovation requirements - policies politicians called 'impossible' due to 'public resistance.'
3/7 Citizens' Assemblies break this cycle. Random selection (like jury duty) + real information (not lobby talking points) + structured deliberation = decisions that serve people, not profits.
June 17, 2025 at 6:58 PM
3/7 Citizens' Assemblies break this cycle. Random selection (like jury duty) + real information (not lobby talking points) + structured deliberation = decisions that serve people, not profits.
2/7 Right now: Billionaires buy politicians through campaign donations. Policy follows donor preferences, not voter preferences. See: climate inaction despite overwhelming public support for action.
June 17, 2025 at 6:58 PM
2/7 Right now: Billionaires buy politicians through campaign donations. Policy follows donor preferences, not voter preferences. See: climate inaction despite overwhelming public support for action.
🧵 1/7 @markruffalo.bsky.social and Free Our Feeds are billionaire-proofing social media. But what about billionaire-proofing democracy itself?
June 17, 2025 at 6:58 PM
🧵 1/7 @markruffalo.bsky.social and Free Our Feeds are billionaire-proofing social media. But what about billionaire-proofing democracy itself?
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"Introducing within-party sortition would break the systems that enable political careerism."
Digested Read of an article by Keith Dowding, William Bosworth and Adriano Giuliani.
politicalquarterly.org.uk/blog/sortiti...
#UKpol #politics
Digested Read of an article by Keith Dowding, William Bosworth and Adriano Giuliani.
politicalquarterly.org.uk/blog/sortiti...
#UKpol #politics
Sortition, Parties and Political Careerism
Are democracies producing a political class of careerists? If so, would parties choosing candidates from their membership by lottery help?
politicalquarterly.org.uk
June 16, 2025 at 9:26 AM
"Introducing within-party sortition would break the systems that enable political careerism."
Digested Read of an article by Keith Dowding, William Bosworth and Adriano Giuliani.
politicalquarterly.org.uk/blog/sortiti...
#UKpol #politics
Digested Read of an article by Keith Dowding, William Bosworth and Adriano Giuliani.
politicalquarterly.org.uk/blog/sortiti...
#UKpol #politics
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CALL FOR PAPERS 🔖
The Journal of Sortition is open to submissions!
The journal welcomes contributions from all sides of the debate – including sceptical voices.
Head over to our website:
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The Journal of Sortition is open to submissions!
The journal welcomes contributions from all sides of the debate – including sceptical voices.
Head over to our website:
🔗https://www.imprint.co.uk/product/jos/
June 12, 2025 at 9:53 AM
CALL FOR PAPERS 🔖
The Journal of Sortition is open to submissions!
The journal welcomes contributions from all sides of the debate – including sceptical voices.
Head over to our website:
🔗https://www.imprint.co.uk/product/jos/
The Journal of Sortition is open to submissions!
The journal welcomes contributions from all sides of the debate – including sceptical voices.
Head over to our website:
🔗https://www.imprint.co.uk/product/jos/
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Citizens Assemblies could legally constrain delegates at an Article V (some say "constitutional") convention, building democratic accountability into the amending process. So incredibly happy this truth is finally breaking through. Excellent article in the Fulcrum.
buff.ly/xuqihGo
buff.ly/xuqihGo
How Citizens’ Assemblies Can Rebuild the House of American Democracy—Before It’s Demolished
The house of the American republic is tottering. Once unthinkable, it’s now undeniable that our shared home has deteriorated the same way you go broke: gradually, then suddenly. At the time it was…
thefulcrum.us
June 12, 2025 at 12:17 PM
Citizens Assemblies could legally constrain delegates at an Article V (some say "constitutional") convention, building democratic accountability into the amending process. So incredibly happy this truth is finally breaking through. Excellent article in the Fulcrum.
buff.ly/xuqihGo
buff.ly/xuqihGo
"Rather than just tinkering around the edges of America's house, or getting trapped under its collapse, citizen assemblies will give it the massive renovation it needs and deserves."
June 11, 2025 at 2:50 PM
"Rather than just tinkering around the edges of America's house, or getting trapped under its collapse, citizen assemblies will give it the massive renovation it needs and deserves."
Our Executive Director, @nickcoccoma.bsky.social, has a new article out in @thefulcrum-us.bsky.social with Roshan Bliss of @ncdd.bsky.social on how citizen assemblies can help rewrite the Constitution.
#PeoplesConvention #CitizensAssembly #DemocracyByAssembly #DxA
thefulcrum.us/democracy/ar...
#PeoplesConvention #CitizensAssembly #DemocracyByAssembly #DxA
thefulcrum.us/democracy/ar...
How Citizens’ Assemblies Can Rebuild the House of American Democracy—Before It’s Demolished
The house of the American republic is tottering. Once unthinkable, it’s now undeniable that our shared home has deteriorated the same way you go broke: gradually, then suddenly. At the time it was bui...
thefulcrum.us
June 11, 2025 at 2:50 PM
Our Executive Director, @nickcoccoma.bsky.social, has a new article out in @thefulcrum-us.bsky.social with Roshan Bliss of @ncdd.bsky.social on how citizen assemblies can help rewrite the Constitution.
#PeoplesConvention #CitizensAssembly #DemocracyByAssembly #DxA
thefulcrum.us/democracy/ar...
#PeoplesConvention #CitizensAssembly #DemocracyByAssembly #DxA
thefulcrum.us/democracy/ar...
"When fundamental changes to a government are needed, who should get to make them? Elites and politicians who benefit from keeping things as they are? Or We the People?"
#DemocracyByAssembly #PeoplesConvention #Sortition #Democracy #CitizensAssembly
open.substack.com/pub/assembli...
#DemocracyByAssembly #PeoplesConvention #Sortition #Democracy #CitizensAssembly
open.substack.com/pub/assembli...
The People's Convention
It's Time to Upgrade the Constitution
open.substack.com
May 23, 2025 at 4:32 PM
"When fundamental changes to a government are needed, who should get to make them? Elites and politicians who benefit from keeping things as they are? Or We the People?"
#DemocracyByAssembly #PeoplesConvention #Sortition #Democracy #CitizensAssembly
open.substack.com/pub/assembli...
#DemocracyByAssembly #PeoplesConvention #Sortition #Democracy #CitizensAssembly
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